Looking For High Quality Equipment Rack

Resonance transfer can be completed on hardwood or tile with the addition of Sistrum APCD discs under the Audiopoint attached to the bottom of each vertical pillar of a Sistrum rack or platform. This disc is designed to be a collector on one side and a transfer distribution device that comes in direct contact with the previously mentioned hard surfaces on the other side. These devices are the best available... Lead free, no rubber, no dampening to impede or mask , only the pedal to the metal so as to hear all the real things. These devices increase the efficiency of all devices placed on them, unlike the race car rack with high mass shelves and shock absorbing grommets which collect and store. Where does this stored energy go? Back into the shelf directly under the component. There is no high speed pathway provided for the captured energy to exit!! Sistrum qualifies above and beyond all mentioned criteria. Tom

I have the arcici. It's not tops in looks. Looks are functional. The air suspension really helps. I have a lot of heavy stuff, and it works fine. good luck. I wish I could hear these side by side...they all sound different.

I have owned many many racks and now own the Sistrum 5- shelf (plus Sistrum stands under my floorstanding speakers). You can use the discs under the spiked feet on your hardwood floor, as someone else has pointed out. I think the looks are stunning and the shelves can all be individually adjusted to wherever you want them. I can also add a 6th shelf if I need it. Also--I didn't think I could do this, but I place my Linn LP12 on the top shelf, with the Audiopoints on the edge of the metal bottom plate of the TT (on the Trampolin base), and the TT sounds fantastic! It really works on that rack. So--another vote for the Sistrum.

Theaudiotweak is the expert on these. I think he might sleep with the racks at night. You can see the disk on their website. These will protect your floor from the points. I don't think there is significant impact on performance with these. As far as looks that is so much personal taste I don't know how to characterize it. I like them and my buddies loved them. As to your other criteria it is met on all counts. I thought the price was pretty fair.

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The Hoodoo is one very good looking piece of audio gear. saw one in action in the Pipedreams/Tenor room at last years THE show in NY